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Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-06-01

LIST Tnq1 BE simple in construction and cas-
lily MANI using only good common TIA
End They7lroduce whittier light then ever
before produced from kerosene oil.
3rd They produce twice the amount of light
with other burners.
4th They are perfectly sweet when burning,
throwing of no unhealthy odor.
9Th They are so constructed that they re-
ceive an inside draft of air between the flames
through the burner itself. consequently we
have an inside as well as an outside draft-a
new feature in fiat wick burners.
9th This enables US to preserve the inside
draft to our burners when used on all ordinary
lamps.
18th These burners consume twice the
amountof air tothe same amount of oil con-
sumed in comparison to other burners. Oil
alone produces heat and smoke The con-
sumption of the oxygen is what makes the
light.
Call and see them st
l.. S. CLAYTON & CO., Agents.
l-19ul Market Space, Annapolis. Nd.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1887-07-30
SCARCE As HENS TEETH.
People Whom We Admire, or Would II We
Ever Met Them.

People Whom We Admire, or Would II We
Ever Met Them.
The man who will not balance him.
self two hours on a curbstone for the
sake of seeing a procession proceed.
The woman who will go without a
new bonnet if her husband tells her he
cannot afford it.
The individual who never wrote for
the daily papers ove the signature OF
"Veritas," Constant Reader" I'm.
dignant," o. Zone Who Knows"
The messenger boy who is an enth''-
siastic lover of his work.
The man who wouldn't fool away
half an hour trying to reduce a twelve
word telegram to ten words.
The tragedian who does not pro-
nounce girl, 'gyurl."
The gifted young amateur elocution'
list who steadfastly refuses TO appear
public.
The young college graduate who
will admit that there are just a few
things in heaven and earth that are
not included in his philosophy.
The Wall street man who knows
when he has got enough.
The man who never tells you the
same funny stories twice.
The church choir singer who really
means what he sings.
The editor who always accepts our
articles.
The business man who can not be
tempted to take an afternoon of to see
the great ball match. =,
The woman who, having heard oil
about the dreadful goings on OF MIS-
A. on the next block, keeps the story
to herself.
The man who, when you tell him OF
vour misiortunes, does not remark
checrfully: Nov if I had been in
your place" ETC.. etc. -7id-B1ss
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1887-07-30
WEED DESTRUCTION.
How 70 Clear Land Of all Sorts Of Perez
NAL Growth.

Row 10 Clssr Land Of all Sorts Of Persn.
NAL Growth.
It is not an easy task to attack and
destroy those villainous weeds which
propagate by underground stems. or
by roots which, extending themselves
near the surface Of the ground. throw
out buds which produce shoots and in.
dependent plants every few inches
through the soil. We have n grip"
80 to speak, upon all this class Of
weeds; they oil need air. they have to
breathe. We may pillow them. going
deep. narrowing thoroughly, raking
of the ground with long-toothed tools,
and thus collect masses Of the roots
for burning. and this practice will be
found to be only . evere check to them
for n season. nupon land SO treated
We can put some hoed crop which will
receive almost constant attention and
be kept perfectly clean, the hoe going
always below the top Of the soil. SO
that the weeds will get neither light
nor air, SO that after the crop is taken
Of still no chance given for them to see
the light, or get a breathing spell, there
may be hope that In about two years
ws a say We are free from the worst
Of them. Even then, for several years,
bits Of rooS that have somehow retained
vitality are likely to show life above
ground, and these, Of course, should
receive prompt special treatment as
soon as discovered.
Taking an enlarged idea Of weeds
70 include brush and swamp, roadside
and hedgerow growthA from briars ca
alders-we remark that they may be
destroyed BY close cutting early in the
season, following up the cutting Is
soon a. any considerable growth ap-
pears We may allow growth early in
the season, when the root ia strong.
for the sake Of exhausting 1t; but in
dry hot weather every shoot should bc
cut, pulled up or troddeu down. SO
that complete exhaustion and death
shall take place. When such growths
are cut close to the ground n April.
again about the middle Of June. and as
they grow during the season. the next
year will see but few Of them. Amer.
ean AgrieuHuriss
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1887-07-30
Full OF FUN.

VOee VI FUN.
- North Of England ferryman has
the following motto: mo crown, no
cross!'
The hired funny-man doesn't write
his best 'jest for fun" He writes his
pest jest for money.-Sprinqfeld COY
Times.
-Southey once said: "Idoubt wheth.
or any man ever criticised a poem
maliciously who had not written a bad
one himself.
-"Bub'' was wiser than he knew
when he remarked of a mean man,
'the small of his back reached all over
him,"-Yonkers Gazette.
-He-"Why 50 quiet this evening.
Miss de Jones" She-''The company
is so intellectual that l thought I'd bet.
ter be silent" He-"How sensible Of
you."-LN.
He is a wise man who, instead Of
driving his neighbours hens out Of the
yard-door with afusillade Of old boots.
shoes. profanity. etc., fixes up q snug
place for them to lap in.
Little things tell" is an old
aphorism. Big sisters. who kiss their
beaus in the presence Of their
little brothers, understand how much
truth there is in the saying.
A New Hampshire farmer got
caught in a barbed- wire fence and had
to stay there for five hours. He con-
fided to his hired man that he never
got so tired Of swearing in his life.-
Philadelphia Call.
"A blushing damsel called at one
Of the agencies the other day to buy
a sewing machine. do you want q
fellerF' inquired the polite clerk in
attendance. The ingenious maid re-
piled with some asperity. mo sir; l
have one."
She wouldn't do it.
'Give mo . kiss, my charming Sal"
Alover said to q blue-eyed gal.
II WON'T" said she; 'you lazy eli,
Just go ahead and help tyourself."-M ..
Ledger.
Mamma Ito her daughter who had
just entered)-'Mabel, dear, come and
sit with me. We've had enough Wag.
ner for this morning. I'm getting a
little tired of it." Mabel" Ma, dear,
l haven't been touching the piano; it's
nurse and by."-Londom Punch.
-'.Hello!" exclaimed a giddy little
comet ~disporting itself in the milky
way, ''who are you, anyhow I don't
believe I've seen you in these parts be.
fore.' NO" returned the stranger,
"this is my first appearance here. I'm
the top plume Of a lady's theater hat.
The hat is just below here a little
way."-To r PopuH.
-Snob- Snuhbing-The Wears Wife
And SO you find our suburb a pleas.
ant change after London, MI. Snog.
gins?" Snoggins-"Ya-as-pretty-
little place-a-can't say / care very
much for suburban society, you know"
The Wears Wife-"Ah-you find them
a little high and mighty. l supposed
disgust of Snoggins, who thinks him.
self no end of swell!]-Punch.
"A story is told of a mar of a very
silent disposition, who. riding on his
gig over a bridge, turned about and
asked his servant if he liked eggs. The
man replied: Eyes. sir" Nothing
more was said on the subject till the
following year, when, driving over the
same bridge again, the master sudden.
" turned again to his servant, and
said: How" to which the man
promptly responded: "Poached. SIR"
-1ezas Farm and Ranch.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1887-07-30

" SAIt0 VVO VOOUS6O0b
IA -
-Churn oftsn. but slowly. for good
hutter.
XIII the catsrpillars fright away
quick" .
4.ars 8 little extra
Some people throw out slops and
..fnse matter 20 near the wells that It
sskes the water impure and un.
healthy. Maine Farmer.
Rel ect a horse with a big. coarse
had: do not look . second time at q
hor,e with either . long. slack back
or with . hollow back.
Cover the floor with dry dirt or
,.vdust, in order to absorb the damp
nass from the feet thus adding to the
comfort of the poultry house.
DO not sell Of the hens that begin
! moult early, 40 they will finish the
.haddiug Of tho feathers and begin to
l.v before the winter sets in. The late
moulting hens, however, should al.
-svs be sold.-Farm, Field and Stock
man.
Where one horse dies from over
YORK in this country twenty die from
axhsustion or want OF proper treat
msnt. A sound horse will stand a
vonderful amount Of work If he has
tha right kind Of care while at it,
Troy Times.
In haying. be ready to cut q field
- soon q 5 the grass is in proper con-
dition. A delay Of q few days will
greatly injure the quality Of the hay.
Ho not start the mover until the dew
d of. and cut only 50 much as a be
veil cured and cared for. Hay caps
often pay for their cost in a single
season.
In the opinion Of Dr.. M. W. Tay.
lor. Of the London archaeological So
ciety, some common kinds of mould
may give rise to diphtheria. He gives
Instances in which serious outbreaks
have been traced to the mould devel.
oped on the wet plaster of leaky walls,
while old feeces Of wool and mouldy
skins appear also to be sources Of
,diphtheric infection. -Arkansow 7rav-
Ntr.
Western farming has received q
greater impetus from its efforts in the
direction Of improved stock-raising
than from any other single step. The
Eastern farmer who still persists in
raising scrub stock can learn a valu'
able lesson from the experience of his
Western neighbor. When the mere
fact Of . dams being a registered ami.
NAL makes . difference Of from $20(
to $500 in her progeny, it is the height
Of folly to raise scrub stock. Indian
apolis Journal.
Many farmers neglect to clear their
moving fields Of stones, sticks and
other distractions to the moving ma.
chine until the grass gets so high that
it is difficult, II not impossible, to SET
them, and 50 the knives OF the mower
are injured II not broken; this is very
poor policy, for on most moving fields,
il the work be done before the grass
starts much the labor Of removing al
distractions to the harvesting ma
chimes Is comparatively light -Tro,
Times.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-04-14
ITEMS ABOUT WORDS

The phrase bras. baud came into USE about
1851
Comnl.r- is the habit nmdy the dis
position
The word collie as app.iri to dogs E, dc
rived from the Gaelic zach. shaggy
iu England no One but tine queen has a
"bedchamber,r wilhelm obi, country almost
ans room with bed in 10 d, called "a bed.
chamber
Misfortune applie- 10 an uutonarI events.
calamity to amy great public 0r family
rather than individual misfortune, disaster
hInder- progress on the accomplishment "
some undertaking
The word bird or ~birlie.n applied as a
form of endearmeut to young girls, has prob
ably nothing 90 DO with birds, and very much
more with byrd. the old form for "hriie, -
and with "hup originally "A distinct word'
But the word "biri Of unknown origin,
used to he applied only 60 the young II the
featAered tribe
Polite used TO apply 10 glass or marble sur
faces, which we NOW style polished. Equiyo.
cation vas originally the hiding OF a real
difference under verbal resemblance Pre-
posterous, now useless word, once meant a
reversing of the true order Of things Pre-
varicate meant in It's prime straddler with
distorted legs-one who, in honor bound TO
30 one thing, was, through collision with the
opposite party, doing the reverse
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-04-14

The great metropolis Of the West has
given a most valuable lesson TO the whole
country in the result Of the recent munic-
ipal election. The so.called labor party
instead Of posting itself on the just prin-
ciples Of the labor interests and their
relation to other interests, went on ON
communism and was badly beaten.
The programme was for the city TO
own all the city railways so 100000
The city government then would re-
ducc the fares so as to give free rides at
the expense Of all the taxpayers
The conductors and drivers were TO he
appointed on the communistic principle
so rs TO consolidate the power Of the
commune
The city was to own all the telegraph
and telephone business Gas and cleo
trio light were 10 belong to the municipal
commune il is fact worth every good
citizen consideration, but especially the
tOntltcIdllDu OF luc NDl hliA AiDHf 'A'''
this plan Of the Communists. sought TO
be carried into effect by enlisting the
working men, is exactly the same in prac-
tcc as the plan of the yilest monarchicai
tyrants that have ever oppressed the
world
Under the false show Of equality il is
the most doably damned autocracy and
aristocracy that the world ha. ever
known
The curious par, Of the whole business
is that. in this age of education, men who
can read and write are fooled into such
"a contradiction between the pretense and
the reality
Here we are lbs free popular govern
ment. where every man is the equal Of
bis neighbor. and the best opportunities
before us All and still ve see masses of
people led of by theory that is fraud
right on She face Of e.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-04-14
BASEBALL.

DIN has saved himself from the blacklist
by signing with Oswego.
The Brooklyns think George Smith as good
a shortst0p as Glasscock.
Old Dave Rowe. Of the Cowboys will man
age the Lincoln, Neb., team.
Wilson, the new league umpire, is six feet
tall. weighs la0 pounds and will be A bad
man for a crowd So tackle
Cauuthers. of the St. Louis Browns, Is
without doubt the most level headed and
strategic pitcher i'm the world.
1t is now am open question whether a
pitcher will be able 10 pitch more than two
games a week under the new rule.
Baltimore will have four batteries. as fol
lows. Smith and Trotf. Hi'roy and Fulmer
Shreve and Wadsworth aud HnouH and
Daniels
Van Haltren, the California twirIer, who
signed with the Pittsburg, Is "a first class
catcher and iufelder. besides being leading
pitcher
novel method has been adopted hy Car
roll. The Pittsburg catcher. for hardening his
hands Instead of catching behind the bat,
bee bias player 20 pound the palms of his
hands with club
OF the men who have lel the league boz bat
ting since 1872 tine New Norks contain three
namely Cor. Connor and ORourhe. while
Arson belong, % Chicago Brouthers to DE.
troitmj Kelly 20 Boston
The Yale University baseball nine Is
materially Weakened because of the absence
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-04-14
THE GERMAN ARMY.
SKETCH or IT'S MAKE UP AND
IT'S HISTORY.

Chang. Contemplated by Bismarck ON
Account of the Passage Of the >epten-
ate - How the German soldiers are
INcrri~rd some other Matters.
B-mart ha- hal Dbl, way. and for thenext
seven years th. German regular army viii
cou. o.. ii,. 600 meE, instead Of $1,000, as
DO ha- beam lnr some year, past And this
enom.l, ARMY .- only thenucleus, "a, the iron
chancellor worry pleasantly Tell, Us 20 J, only
tore-i,t tnc nr-f shock and permit the COM
plr'.n o tle general mobilization In
rlam EH.'.-h fh--e f;- 500 mem ar- the per
mau.uI i.ae. establishment only 20 guard. AS
it ucre to .tul oT Che French uu q real
arm. .m Boo DO. %. and, o. necessary, they
can pgt info tAc h.d almost every man bee
tween the a- 90 d, mi g. What sort Of a
war mn.t @ man be booking forward 20 when
he regards un army of nearly halt million
men a- only uuocust
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-04-14
WIZARD EDISON m FLORIDA.
The Great Inventors Health Restored
aud He l. Hard at Work.

A smooth faced man. apparently 40 years
Of age. was walking through the door,
deep in thought His face was slightly sum
burnt. and De- was dressed In dark clothes
white flannel shirt. renaus-ed. a. the French
would say, by a iaunty tie. wide brimmed
straw bat crowned the whole and completed
hec0-fume 10 was Ellison and Boz WIS mnk-
ing his way into the laboratory With the
proyeriaI timIdity Of the newspaper man,
your correspondent glided toward him. wth a
conoiimt0ry bow and q ~G0od afternoon. Mr
EiI-Yun 10 bis a,tonsmeut Boz received no
answer. 300 acknowledgment Your corre-
,p0nlenf regolFed with iapidity in his mind
a little side play, putting himself en scene as a
poor newspaper man whose journalistic repu-
tati0n depended upon the successful inter-
view, and figuring Edison as "a martyr 20 bis
pity and confederation and opening the
noodgate, of bis memory, bat the little scene
went up boz smoke. crushed in the bud hy Mr
Gmland. who bad witnessed all, and who
apoloeze1 for Mr Edison, saying that the
gentleman was very deaf and bad not heard
my prelude remarks,
Once introduced, and i'm spite IF hi, hard
ness of hearing. Mr. Edison proved himself
most pleasant taiker and genial gentleman,
entirely unaffected hy his great successes n
lfe and. -uI more 10 the point perfectly
willing 90 heratechised
SIR Edison. said your correspondent. Il
have come 1900 mile, to say How DO
sou i0f
swell. -ir." said the electrician ~ am
quite w-l. thank sou
lF .... fI.f- meant ar.l .,fI DID,. Y .uf-I.lI
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-04-14

ON the other -irol tuc me the French do
mot give Ms u.l iul particulars. Nut tHef
hayrauarmt .f very nearby Oboe -aue-.le. and
ARE ,tfamin4r .rrF NERVE fo grt 81 sufficiently
we'll drilled and armed 500 insure u.ac. m
fs,, t6.. declare. ,,Inlat..ll, at least Bou.
Ian..r- n-t declaration m.lt Le freely
translated Chat uat.tnlt tley arc de.
tern.u..l tYUalc. naceI I'D thry ha,e t1 fight
mrr Hut OBJ. Fml Journal. comics. a
little mea,ur-- .t.. fhe tact that 1H0 Ger
mans of Oh. r-.nca. being drilled m the
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-04-14
ROTH SIDES.

is fortunate for lhe prospect of some
plan of settlement being aimed at That
we know in advance the argument that
will be addressed by the Readjuster side of
the States commission 20 Sir Edward
Thornton. The public leaned il i'm the
debates on the stump in 1873 Ii Is that
the state has right to eliminate from
her bonds a. She Ina, put them out, q GER
tain portion of the principal for the
reason. first that a part fthat principal
is overdue interest capitalized second,
that a great part of her territory. as it eX-
listed when she put the bonds out has
been torn away from her and third. that
she lost by the event of war all her
slaves. upon the credit ofwhich the money
was borrowed by her
Passing by at this time the particular
answers that may be made TO each of
these claims, We wish TO point ont one
general and broad answer to an The
Legislature of the State had full power
and authority to issue and put out the
States bonds. Ii did put them out, max
ing each payable 90 ihc bearer thereof
This made them negotiable instruments,
free i'm the hands of bYH0 fd, purchaser
for value. without notice, from any and
All claims for a diminuton of the amount
of the face of the obligation that the
state might have asserted against the
person TO whom She delivered them II
4 makes his negotiable note and delivers
il 10 b. and b endorses 10 over for value
10 c. G. gets good title TO have A pay
the face of ,he note although b may
never have paid him cents for 10. il G
knew nothing of tAat fact
This is not Virginia law OF New York
law. OF United States law ID is the
universal law of the civilized world 1t
is founded on the elementary principle
Of morals, that if one man arms another
with "a power TO mi,lead q third and The
second do actually misleal The third By
the use of that power, the first shall never
be heard 60 deny to The third bis liability
under the power issued bv him.
Now. il is well known fact that a
very large part OF Virginia., debt has
been transferred from hand 90 hand in
the money markets of the world, the
purchaser buying The bond upon the
faith Of It's statement ON It's face that
Virginia would pay the face amount Of
il with interest al fixed rate. and with
out any knowledge whatever upon his
part. that the state claimed any equity
whatever against the person to whom she
issued the bond Upon what pretence,
consistent with the most ordinary prin-
ciples of commercial and universal law
can she nov claim right to reduce the
face amount of her bond In his hands
because she had an equity against it in
the hands of the first holder Of it, Per
hsps Sir Edward Thornton will not
claim the full logical force of his posi-
tioE, but we point 1t out that all lhands
may be prepared for it.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-04-14
\ Destructive Explosive.

Inc hey Dir. DOnohue has been made a
lieutenant IA the French army by Gen. Bou-
ianser IA return for having invented a de-
stfuclye explosive to be used in torpedo war
rare lie has decided 10 call his new inven-
uon "caroonated gycerine." He says that il
has ten times the destructive power possessed
by nltroglycerine, and can be handled with a
great deal more safety. Home Journal
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-04-14

Aunt Susau-l wants ser % talk 10 dis
,hie Pa>on Whangioodle What's
le matter wid de chiet Aunt Su,an-l',e
afrared he am gwiuter be- am acrostic lie
Gays De- don't believe hit tuck Jonah free days
ter swallow de- whale Parson Baxter-l's
afeari / amt equal ter dis emergency. Aunt
Susan Di, heah am case for Sam Jones.
Texas Siitings.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-04-14
SPECIAL AND PERSONAL.

4 man in Chicago was Jailed a few
days ago for stealing violin. six banJos.
seven accordeons. q harp, and mouth
organ tie said me stole them TO practice
on, as he was going 90 become % great
tragcdian and play Shakespeare. 10 was
biz Wild attempt 60 play the fiddle and
Shakespeare al one and the same time
that annoyed the neighbors and led TO his
arrest and discovery of the stolen instru-
ments and the fact that he was "a stage
crank y u IfrnAuAl.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-04-14

Syria IS strangely cat up bv religious sectsr
Duzes. Greeks Mohammedans proper, Ro.
man Catholics Protestlnts, unite 90 form
the religious body in this land The former
class, the Druzes. are an important part Of
this body Enyeloped III strange superstitions
their real beliefs are hard TO find They have
long believed that heaven was III China, but
the more educated of them now smile al that
part Of their creed New York Commercial
Advertiser
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-04-14
ISAAC 4. MAYNARO,
The New Assistant secretary Of th'
Treasury.

Sam Randall spoke of Second Conn tio'er
of the Treasury Maynard rs the noie' 'ni'ef
of the government, saving that Do. bureau
might be- taken as am example ior ihe "ln.,
division, of the government service aH
along the line This opinion is general m
the treasury department. Maynard made an
excellent second rump'ro.loranl he will make
d very ..,..la assistant -e-r.tar, oi the treasury.
I'm the second comn'roi."r- "il'r- "r 7'1
nearly twice tle work olt OBJ ihe employ ca,
they had b,,n doing m the p''i ANA
he id this without increasing thf.r
hour, or otertaUug tler strength II
wa. loue through the -.mnIhanon OF
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-04-14
The sun to II. Snuf,ed out.

think it would be exceedingly rash 10 as
sumo as probable anything more than 20
10000 years Of the suns light in the past
history Of the earth or 10 reckon on more
than 800, 900 or 100000 years Of sunlight
for time 10 come.-Sir William Thomson IL
Good Words
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-04-14

I'm a nice amateur young MAN.
Applaud me 10 YOU can.
think ann smart.
And study my part
Ikea little MikadO fan
Oh. come On frida, night
And 10 the matinee,
m have stage fright
You can put mc right
BN throwing q little bouquet.
haven't got check enough
TO know what I'm about
But give me The pun,
Don't call me a tough,
And teach ihe clap0 60 shout
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-04-14

Bachelors are not taxed in this country
as they are in switzerland, but here they
have 10 support all the theatres, livery
men, and ice-cream saloons 30 things are
about even Omdhd World.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-04-14

The number of skilled mechanics COM
ing TO this country from Europe will
necessarily induce more liberal terms TO
native apprentices